Surprise Box trade on the 1 hour chart.
Short 1 (50) GBPJPY @ 4019
Stop @ 4204 (-185)
Take Profit @ 3219 (+800)
Added a position:
Short 1 (50) @3953
Stop @ 4148 (-195)
Take Profit @ 3219 (+734)
The stop was pretty wide so I entered on a small position. The break was pretty decisive so I added another position. However, the second position had a lower stop loss than the first position. In hindsight, that made no sense because they were essentially the same position and should have had the same stop.
Regardless, I got stopped out on both positions for a -380 pip loss on the total postion. I am OK with this because it was a good signal and I kept the lot sizes small so I didn’t lose too much in $ amount terms.
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